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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Publisher Comments Major New York Times bestsellerWinner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleOne of The Economists 2011... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud Publisher Comments From the New York Times best-selling author of The Emperor’s Children, a masterly new novel: the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed and betrayed by a desire for a world beyond her own. Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage) by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Publisher Comments In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Publisher Comments Everyone knows someone who's sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope. Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends and family's... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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The Human Division by John Scalzi Publisher Comments Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race. The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher Comments From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home. As teenagers in a... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou Publisher Comments The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Hardcover
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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer by Christian Wiman Publisher Comments A passionate meditation on the consolations and disappointments of religion and poetry. Christian Wiman, an award-winning poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, has had two constants in his life, two things that have defined him and given him... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine's No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability -- Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Publisher Comments From the authors of Cradle to Cradle, we learn whats next: The Upcycle. The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestos of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons ... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cheese and Beer by Janet Fletcher Publisher Comments The booming worlds of artisan cheese and craft beer meet in this first-ever guide, an introduction to two dozen popular craft-beer styles and the cheeses that pair best with them. Cheese and Beer capitalizes on the rapidly growing audience for craft beer... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson Staff Pick Religion, metaphor, rebellion. The Quran and the Internet. Hackers, effrit, and sheikhs. Douglas Hofstadter shout-outs. Holy moly. Otherworldly elements swirl into the modern-day Middle East in this sandstorm of magic and mortals. The environments are... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson Publisher Comments Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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That Is Not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems Publisher Comments That Is Not a Good Idea! is a hilarious, interactive picture book from bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems, the creator of books like Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, the Knuffle Bunny series, the Elephant and Piggie series, Goldilocks and... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.59 Sale - Hardcover
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Blood of Dragons: Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb Publisher Comments Years ago, the magnificent dragon queen Tintaglia forged a bargain with the inhabitants of the treacherous Rain Wilds. In exchange for her protection against enemy invaders, the humans promised to protect an unhatched brood of dragons. But when the... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey Publisher Comments Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Carrion Birds by Urban Waite Publisher Comments Set in a small town in the Southwest, a soulful work of literary noir rife with vengeance and contrition from a fresh voice in fiction — the author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living Life hasn't worked out the way Ray Lamar planned. A... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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What's for Dinner?: Delicious Recipes for a Busy Life by Curtis Stone Publisher Comments Celebrity chef Curtis Stone, host of Bravo’s hugely popular series Top Chef Masters, knows life can get busy. But as a new dad, he also believes that sitting down to a home-cooked meal with family and friends is one of life’s greatest gifts... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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Husbands by Jane Espenson and Brad Bell Publisher Comments Written by Husbands creators Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Brad Bell, this is the comic-book continuation of the sitcom phenom. Husbands tells the story of famous gay newlyweds Brady and Cheeks, who sparked a media firestorm when they woke... (read more) Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and Tony Fucile Publisher Comments All righty, then! Celebrate the tall and short of a marvelous friendship with a new Bink and Gollie adventure. Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood in her veins, but can Bink survive her friend's queenly airs — especially if pancakes are not... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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